{"product_id":"sharing-philippe-aigrain-9789089643858","title":"Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the past fifteen years, file sharing of digital cultural works between individuals has been at the center of a number of debates on the future of culture itself. To some, sharing constitutes piracy, to be fought against and eradicated. Others see it as unavoidable, and table proposals to compensate for its harmful effects. Meanwhile, little progress has been made towards addressing the real challenges facing culture in a digital world.\u003cb\u003eSharing is Legitimate\u003c\/b\u003eAn in-depth exploration of digital culture and its dissemination, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e offers a counterpoint to the dominant view that file sharing is piracy, analyzing it rather as the modern form of long recognized rights to share in culture. \u003ci\u003eSharing\u003c\/i\u003e starts from a radically different viewpoint, namely that the non-market sharing of digital works is both legitimate and useful. Philippe Aigrain looks at the benefits of file sharing, which allows unknown writers and artists to be appreciated more easily. It supports this premise with empirical research, demonstrating that non-market sharing leads to more diversity in the attention given to various works. \u003cb\u003eNew Business Models\u003c\/b\u003eConcentrating not only on the cultural enrichment caused by widely shared digital media, \u003ci\u003eSharing\u003c\/i\u003e also discusses new financing models that would allow works to be shared freely by individuals without aim at profit. Aigrain carefully balances the needs to support and reward creative activity with a suitable respect for the cultural common good and proposes a new interpretation of the digital landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philippe Aigrain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9089643850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789089643858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012","brand":"Philippe Aigrain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659554369791,"sku":"9789089643858","price":66.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sharing-philippe-aigrain-9789089643858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}